Posted 4th December 2017Mr Fawaz Al-Hasawi has donated the generous sum of £45,000 to the EKF.

To all EKF Members:

Following the interview with the BBC regarding the Monarch Airlines disaster I am pleased to announce that Mr Fawaz Al-Hasawi has donated the generous sum of £45,000 to the EKF for us to refund the cost of the tickets lost from the collapse of Monarch Airlines (£18,000+) and to also cover the cost of the replacement tickets paid for by the EKF (£27,000+). Read more »

After watching the BBC news item covering the losses sustained by the EKF and its athletes, as a result of the Monarch Airlines collapse, former owner of Nottingham Forest football club, Mr Fawaz Al-Hasawi has generously committed to cover the financial losses and, to offer further support to the English Karate Federation in the future.

On behalf of the English Karate Federation we would like to thank Mr Fawaz Al-Hasawi for his generosity and support and EKF look forward to working with Mr Al-Hasawi into the future.

Two EKF Board Members, Mike Dinsdale and Liam (Billy) Brennan, have both recently been honoured with the award of Kudan (9th Dan)

Mike Dinsdale was attending the BKF International Open tournament in Edinburgh when he was called forward by the BKF President, Roger Williams, to receive his award. It was a complete surprise to Mike, and thoroughly deserved. Mike has worked tirelessly for the EKF (England) BKF, EKF (European) and WKF for many years, and is the WKF representative to the English and British Karate Federations.

A similar situation arose for Billy Brennan who was awarded his grade by the Chief Instructor of EKKA, Mick Blackwell, at their summer camp. It was a surprise to Billy when it happened and he was even more surprised to turn around and see the EKF President, Mick Billman, standing there holding his 9th Dan certificate. Billy is the highest ranking referee in the UK and is a member of the EKF Board. Billy was also awarded his Gold badge at the Junior and Cadet World Championships in Tenerife in recognition of 20 years service to the WKF Referees department.

Congratulations to both Mike and Billy.

Posted 18th October 2017EKF / Monarch Airlines BBC London News

Posted 10th October 2017Petition Allow Martial Arts to be on the GCSE/A Level syllabus

Martial arts such as judo, taekwondo and karate have been dropped from approved activities as part of the GCSE and A Level curriculum. Martial arts promote self discipline, self confidence, respect as well as an excellent way to improve all round fitness and not to mention teaching self defence.

Please take a moment to read this important statement from the board of the EKF. Click here to view.

Posted 23rd August 2017Complaints

Where information is received concerning complaints against members, please be assured that the EKF board take all reasonable steps to investigate and where appropriate, refer matters to law enfircement agencies. Where this is necessary, confidentiality is required to preserve the integrity if any professional investigation.

All EKF members are kindly asked to refrain from tendering opinions or personal comments and are reminded of their obligations in relation to use if social media.

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Posted 21st August 2017Board update

Following the resignation of Paul Simmons, Peter Consterdine and Brian Seabright have now also resigned from the EKF Board.

It is with regret that the EKF Board have accepted these resignations.

The board and it's members thank them for their hard work and endeavours and we wish them every success for the future.

Posted 10th August 2017WKF President hails increase in participants since Olympic acceptance

World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has hailed the "remarkable" increase of participants since the sport was accepted to the Olympic programme for Tokyo 2020. Read more (external website)

Posted 19th July 2017World Games in Poland

The President M Billman & the Board of the EKF would like wish all the best to Jordan Thomas for the World Games in Poland.

Posted 28th June 2017Polite reminder regarding payments

Please note the EKF no longer accepts cheques as a method of payment. Please ensure any payments made include a reference eg name of association or name of person paying if for an item. Please ensure you keep a copy of any receipts. If sending payment for club / association membership this is to be made online only and copies of payments sent with your application. The same applies with instructors insurance and Member 2 member insurance. Copies of payments should be sent to registration officer and / or Treasurer.

Posted 22nd June 2017Karate has been included on the sports programme of the 2019 European Games.

The discipline will be one of the modalities featured at the second edition of the European Games to be held in Minsk (Belarus) in 2019, following the agreement between the European Karate Federation and the European Olympic Committees.

It is with great sadness that the EKF have been informed that a student of Forza Karate Club Mehdi El-Wahabi (8yrs of age) and his family, tragically lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire last week.

Mehdi, who trained with Sensei Aneta Trambruova at the Forza Karate Club (South Kensington Dojo), enjoyed his Karate training and was a playful and dedicated member of the Oxford Gardens Primary School Karate class.

The EKF sends its condolences to Mehdi’s family and to all those that have suffered loss from this tragic event.

Posted 18th May 2017WKF Appointment for M Billman

The board of the EKF would like to congratulate Mick Billman on being appointed as Secretary of the WKF Technical Commission. See below, taken from the WKF site:

What a championships the EKF had at the weekend in Sheffield. There were over 1000 entries with nearly 700 competitors from over 50 club/associations taking part. Congratulations to all the athletes, officials, Paul Campbell, friends and supporters. A medal table will be available soon. Thank you to Susan Dixon for the photos and to Matthew Handley for the disability athletes photos too.View the images here »